Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant gave the Golden State Warriors some encouragement on Thursday, but he's been in guard Klay Thompson's corner for some time now. In high school, Thompson worked out with Bryant at UC Irvine, and he continued to receive advice when he was at Washington State, per KNBR's Logan Murdock. This included the time he was charged with marijuana possession in 2011.
“He said ‘forget about that', said it with a couple expletives and ‘just go out there and kill',” remembers Thompson.See more news and guides for playing NBA 2K16 MT Coins game at our site, you can also buy the NBA 2K16 Coins from us.
“I have a potty mouth.” Bryant said with a laugh when asked about the exchange.
“I just told him ‘listen, man, we all make mistakes. You can't worry about that stuff. Just keep your focus on basketball and everything will work itself out.”
Three thoughts:
1. That is quintessential Kobe Bryant advice. It would seem that, to him, there is nothing that can't be solved by just going out there and killing on the court.
2. This is pretty similar to Bryant telling Isaiah Thomas that he had to be as focused as a lion on its prey, ignoring all the metaphorical bugs on his face.
3. Bryant was right. The marijuana charge didn't really matter in the big picture, and nobody cares about it anymore. Thompson is now an All-Star and an NBA champion, so everything indeed worked itself out.
Kobe's sage advice helped Klay Thompson
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